Hiking day – what a promising word! No lessons, just games, fun and adventure, be it in nature or in the museum. And anyone who is at home in the Munich bacon belt can look forward to more and more potential excursion destinations.
However, the topic becomes quite difficult when the planning of the hiking day is to serve as an example of anti-authoritarian education. In other words, when a high school teacher in Grafing nonchalantly leaves the choice of destination to his pupils. Already in the seventh grade.
Self-determination, how great! So all the youngsters sit there brooding, and anyone who has a – supposedly – brilliant idea immediately announces it to the class and the teacher. So many possibilities!
But disillusionment soon sets in. The seventh graders somehow can’t agree on a specific movie. A visit to the Grafinger outdoor pool is only possible with appropriately trained lifeguards. Unfortunately, being familiar with geography or history is not enough. Climbing garden in Vaterstetten, laser tag in Pliening: All well and good, but far too expensive, explains the teacher, shaking his head. When a student calls in: “Let’s walk home,” there’s a lot of laughter, especially because the teacher obviously misheard himself in the tumult and babbles something about Munich. Neuhausen? Haidhausen? Well no matter.
At some point the class – despite the not inconsiderable density of geeks – is completely at its wit’s end. Then one of the young people finally makes the saving suggestion: breakfast in the classroom! Costs almost nothing. Is completely harmless. And in the preparation only marginally. Unfortunately, a day of hiking doesn’t have much to do with games, fun and adventure. But what the heck. The main thing is to decide for yourself!